Gurglesons
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I'm not sacrificing Letang - I'm not keeping him off the negotiating table either. We have few assets that could actually be traded to garnish a good return, and he's one of them. He's not my first choice to address needs of this team but he's not out of sight either.
Tanev is better than Hagelin - are you kidding? They both offer speed and forechecking, but Tanev can actually shoot and skate with a puck. He wasn't essentially a third liner this whole year - Hagelin was a player who got time with Malkin and Kessel and Tanev got all of 3 minutes before getting stapled to nonfactor players...and still outperformed what Hagelin was bringing (and I LOVED Hagelin). If I could, I'd have both on the team...but both guys getting slightly overpaid for what they bring as a luxury is not realistic in this cap situation.
I’m really not sure what value Letang returns at his age with his contract. You basically need to find a ready made contender that is willing to go 4 and 4 or sacrifice a D in expansion. How many of those lack a significant RD that aren’t the Islanders?
I’m not sure how Tanev outproduced what Hagelin did? Are you talking in the 2017 playoffs?
There is a distinct irony in the fact this board has bitched about putting no hands grinders in our top six with Sid and Malkin for a decade and now has a certain group that advocates for Tanev in the top six..